Meanings
nounzoochemistry (uncountable)
alternative zoöchemistry
- uncountableAnimal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.
In 1865, he did advanced study in Zoophysics and Zoochemistry while on the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Bonn, and he received his medical degree in 1866.
2013, Gilbert Gottlieb, Behavioral Embryology
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéh₃-w-os
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ōwós
- Ancient Greekζωός (zōós)
- Ancient Greekζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
- Ancient Greekζῷον (zōîon)
- Englishzoo-
- Englishchemistry
- Englishzoochemistry
Translations
Finnish eläinkemia
- eläinkemiaanimal chemistry
Cite this entry
APA
zoochemistry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoochemistry
MLA
“zoochemistry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoochemistry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zoochemistry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoochemistry.
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